The smartphone can really help us live better, even in the most classic sense of the term. Thanks to the dedicated apps, our personal phone takes care of everything: our health, safety, even to procedures that can literally save our lives. Just choose, with a little wisdom (and we'll help you below) between the applications that we install on our ubiquitous phone and which too often end up not being as useful as some would have us believe.
More memory, more power and therefore more capacity. Hundreds of applications accompany us. Let's at least try to reserve a space on the main screen for those that we can really use in times of emergency. Is worth. The news of a man who is himself is recent saved his life thanks to his Apple watch, the apple watch that works in unison with the mobile phone and the web: a former professional skier, while he is mowing the grass in his garden, receives a notification from his smart watch which signals an irregular heartbeat. The man suspends the physical effort and goes to bed, but during the night he receives another notification, fortunately decides not to ignore it and goes to the hospital. He's having a heart attack. Let's imagine that once out of danger he found for thank the technology that had just saved his life.
It is not an isolated case. There are many apps that help us live better, or simply to live longer. Below we indicate some of the most interesting and functional, available for both IOS and Android.
Where are u, an SOS always with us
“Where are u” is a app connected directly with the single European emergency number 112 and allows you to make an emergency call, with the contextual sending of the exact position of the caller. The peculiarity of this app lies in the fact that it manages to communicate with the information system of the Single Response Central NUE 112, thus allowing punctual localization even in cases where the caller does not know or is not able to provide accurate data on its location.
The app automatically detects your location via GPS and/or data network and shows it on your phone. At the time of the call, the position is transmitted via data network or via SMS if the data network is not available. The dual transmission channel ensures that the position is always sent whenever it is possible to make a phone call, even mute, in case you are unable to speak, providing special buttons that allow you to indicate the type of assistance required.
CHRONOMETER to feed us better
“Cronometer” is an app that helps you keep your nutritional values under control: vitamins, iron, calcium, fiber, etc. By installing and registering on the app you can enter all your data, starting with weight, height and age. Once this first procedure has been completed, you will need to enter the references of your daily meals and "Cronometer" will update the tables of the different nutritional values, also indicating how much is the daily amount of each value suitable for you or conform to the goal you will have to or want to achieve. The app will allow us to know, for example, if we are deficient in iron, some type of vitamins or minerals, consequently correcting the recommended dietary balance.
AUTOSLEEP tells us how we sleep
This app tracks your sleep and its quality. In short, how deeply and correctly you slept and what possible precautions to take to improve the situation. In the Apple version the procedure is really sophisticated: If you wear your Watch to bed, you don't have to do anything. “AutoSleep” will automatically calculate your sleep and its quality by sending you a notification in the morning as soon as you unlock your iPhone.
In addition, Autosleep also allows you to configure the "window" of your sleep (if you want to have a daily notification and if you want to see more or less details). If you wear your Watch to bed, AutoSleep will also analyze your sleep quality. Using time asleep, restless, awake and heart rate, it also evaluates the quality of your sleep and provides you with a detailed nightly analysis.
All this will allow you to be at your best during the day having full knowledge and control of your sleep, improving your lifestyle.
FLO, a calendar all for her
Flo is a new app that contains a menstrual calendar. It is a method to help us accalculate ovulation and pregnancy, predict menstruation and estimate (unless more accurate checks) the fertile period.
All women can count on this app for cycle tracking, schedule a reminder for it, log moods and PMS symptoms. It also helps pregnant women by counting down the date of birth, tracking pregnancy weeks and also suggesting you interesting articles about pregnancy.
IGYNO, the virtual gynecologist
iGyno will be your virtual gynecologist, who will help you manage all aspects of the female world and will teach you how to do prevention, determining factor for the early diagnosis of the onset of even important pathologies. Everything is supported by stunning graphics and animation, combined with one unrivaled ease of use.
SIMPLE HABIT says goodbye to stress
Simple Habit, awarded as best app of 2018, and designed following the indications of numerous professors, aim to relax and even promote sleep to unwind for a bit. It allows you to select and calibrate the goals you want to achieve and, with methods developed with certified scientific studies, it promotes truly amazing brain and body relaxation. There is also a particular input technique: a very warm voice speaks extremely calmly, showing you how to breathe or just what to think, even accompanying you in the world of dreams.
SNORELAB, a monitor for snoring
Track your snoring with SnoreLab. This app records, measures and tracks your snoring, helping you discover effective ways to reduce the phenomenon. The application is very easy to use: just place SnoreLab next to your bed while you sleep. In the morning, you'll find out your SnoreLab score, when and how loudly you snored, and hear the highlights!
BRUXAPP helps us say goodbye to bruxism
BruxApp is the first scientific application dedicated to Bruxism (it consists of teeth grinding, due to the contraction of the masticatory muscles, often during sleep). It will allow you to understand and handle this problem correctly.
BruxApp is an easy tool available to both PATIENTS and DENTISTS able to perform some important functions such as: perform a first diagnostic hypothesis regarding the presence / absence of bruxism; evaluate the severity of the problem, if present; implement a first therapeutic protective action based on biofeedback; implement an effective action of re-education of the parafunctional habit by activating the tools of behavioral awareness.
DAILY WATER, the water that must not be missing
We all know that water is essential for our health. Two-thirds of the body is made up of water, yet many of us unknowingly suffer from chronic dehydration, the root cause of many diseases. Water plays a very important role in our bodyDrinking enough water can help us lose weight, look younger with healthier skin, less likely to get sick, aid in digestion and constipation, relieve fatigue.
Daily water, i.e. daily water intended as a mandatory requirement, is the app that therefore helps us to track the amount of water that we drink and reminds us to drink water at the right time.
